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“I don’t see how you make money in an industry where everyone is conditioned to get it for free or 99 cents. You have to sell so many units,” he said.
Speaking at length to Develop in an interview about his return to games development and his new PC RPG, Star Citizen, Roberts expressed disappointment that large communities of gamers are being neglected, particular PC players.
“I definitely think that there are large communities that aren’t getting attention and one of the biggest communities is PC gaming. On the PC side, there is hardly anyone that’s doing specific games for the for the platform or pushing the hardware, so, yes, you get a fair number of PC games, but they’re all ports of consoles games.
“That means you’re getting a game that’s built for seven-year-old technology. The PS3 and Xbox 360 are locked in 2005, and the modern day gaming PC is ten times more powerful than what you can do on console, there is a lot more memory and a lot more power.”
Speaking at length to Develop in an interview about his return to games development and his new PC RPG, Star Citizen, Roberts expressed disappointment that large communities of gamers are being neglected, particular PC players.
“I definitely think that there are large communities that aren’t getting attention and one of the biggest communities is PC gaming. On the PC side, there is hardly anyone that’s doing specific games for the for the platform or pushing the hardware, so, yes, you get a fair number of PC games, but they’re all ports of consoles games.
“That means you’re getting a game that’s built for seven-year-old technology. The PS3 and Xbox 360 are locked in 2005, and the modern day gaming PC is ten times more powerful than what you can do on console, there is a lot more memory and a lot more power.”
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